a couple three

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grladams sez:
"I think that "couple three" is just good for the atmosphere that is being
created in the book related to some kind of wavering in dimensions, a
refraction, possible other coordinates off to the side? that kind of thing?
I'm not a math person really so .. maybe maybe not. 
jill"

In my family, we heard/said "a couple two, three all the time, still do.
And it's like, "yeah, we see a couple, make that three coming".